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Sunday, January 23, 2011

SO...WHAT'S YOUR CASTE ?

Scene (repeated umpteenth time ):

Dood x – “ Hey …what’s your caste ?”

I – “ ummm…why ?”

Dood x – “just wanted to know …you just , just like that “

The following 10 mins. are taken up by a lengthy discussion of my ancestral origins . It ultimately ends in me getting compared to Imran khan from “jaane tu ya jaane na” and I am asked if I have to do all that that he had to do in the movie ..

( yeah ..imagine me on a horse…or hitting a guy…food for laughter? )

Which brings us back to the main issue ?

Yes …people do look upon caste even today .And by people I mean …people of my generation .

We are very quick to say that we are progressing…progressing where , I ask you ?

What we don’t realize is …we are just picking up the wrong points from their culture as well .

->Agreed , the teenagers over there lead a more independent life . And probably a lot less restrictions . But then , most of them move out of the house … start living n earning …by the time they are twenty something .

We , sitting on our couches..revelling in mummy-ka-pyaar , and demanding the same luxuries … ( did anyone say ‘unfair’ ? )

->live-ins ! ahhhh….

Yes , steal it from the Amrikans . Next time , check out the divorce rates too ( oh another field in which we are moving ahead btw )

Yes , we do have a lot of ‘bad points’ in our esteemed Indian culture .

We , as the coming up generation can keep an open outlook …can’t we ? that will help..to a certain extent ..

Hey Akshay,All that modernity is more in living than in thinking.Even the most educated fall prey to superstitious fears...I have dozens of living proofs just around me...It’s a sad pseudo open world with absolutely closed minds still.